Department of Near Eastern Studies

Professor Glenn Schwartz presents his research "A Snapshot of 2022 Fieldwork". Professor Richard Jasnow presents his research "Jasnow's Problem Children". This event is closed to the public.

Professors Arnette and Jasnow offer a professionalization seminar. This event is closed to the public.

Mike Chapin presents his research titled "Kassite Naming Practices in the First Dynasty of the Sealand (ca. 1500 BCE)," followed by a presentation by Karlene Shippelhoute on her research titled "Shaping Communication: Affordances and Tablet Shape in the Amarna Correspondence". This event is closed to the public.

This event will take place in the Lazarus Center of the Maryland Institute, College of Art. VITRUVIAN Access Film by Jerron Herman, directed by Cayla Mae Simpson followed by a Q&A hosted by activist and educator Pia Hargrove, LMSW. VITRUVIAN shares an allegorical tale of the life cycle of the Vitruvian man as he traverses multiple hemispheres, now in […]

This event takes place at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Registration Required. On Wednesday, March 1, there will be an open rehearsal of this work. If you wish to join, please contact History of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art and Johns Hopkins University are proud to present: VITRUVIAN by Jerron Herman. Hailed by the Brooklyn Rail as “a triumph of […]

Michael Kozuh, the Jane Dickson Lanier Professor of History at Auburn University, presents a public lecture titled "'The People of Sumer and Akkad Had Become Like Corpses': Nabonidus, Cyrus, and Babylonian Political Institutions in 539 B.C.E." The lecture will take place in Gilman Hall 130G on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 5:30 pm.